"Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always……" — Mary Douglas
"Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power."
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37 Quotes by Mary Douglas
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I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.
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Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations, and occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a…
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I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there…
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It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the…
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Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker.
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The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the…
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Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out…
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The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It…
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Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and…
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If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or…
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The human body is always treated as an image of society.
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It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.
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More Egalitarian Quotes
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An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that…
— Robert Bork
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Why do we place such a disproportionate emphasis on sporting achievement? Why doesn't success in other fields receive similar attention...…
— Unknown Author
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Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.
— Florence King
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The Universe is circles within circles, and everything is one circle, and all the circles are connected to each other.…
— Black Elk
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I simply want to celebrate the fact that right near your home, year in and year out, a community college…
— Kay Ryan
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We need to be clear that there is no such thing as giving up one's privilege to be 'outside' the…
— Unknown Author
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Either order in the cosmos is real, or all is chaos. If we are adrift in chaos, then the fragile…
— Russell Kirk
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For capitalism flourishes best in a mobile and egalitarian society
— Francis Fukuyama
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Radical feminist theorists do not seek to make gender a bit more flexible, but to eliminate it. They are gender…
— Sheila Jeffreys
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Pornography is not egalitarian and gender-free. It is predicated upon the inequality of women and is the propaganda that makes…
— Sheila Jeffreys
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The environmentalist's dream is an egalitarian society based on: rejection of economic growth, a smaller population, eating lower on the…
— Aaron Wildavsky
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Scratch an egalitarian, and you will inevitably find a statist.
— Murray Rothbard
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